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Is music actually better when you’re high?
Rationale: The researchers wanted to explore how THC and CBD influence the brain’s response to music. Listening to music is a common rewarding activity for cannabis consumers; however, research shows…
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Lasting impacts of cannabis use among youth
Rationale: There is rising concern, especially for young users of cannabis, that the drug may impair neurocognition. Neurocognition includes problem solving, abstract reasoning, language production and interpretation, and attention, which…
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Is cannabis an effective treatment for PTSD?
Rationale: PTSD is a mental health condition that frequently leads to adverse outcomes like depression, anxiety, and suicide. There has been a strong push from the medical marijuana community to…
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Is CBD an effective treatment for insomnia?
Rationale: People report that cannabis helps with sleep; therefore, more people are using cannabis for medical conditions, such as insomnia. (de Bode et. al 2025). Insomnia is characterized by persistent…
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What are the connections between cannabis and memory?
Rationale: Despite clear evidence of THC’s negative impact on memory, there’s still a large gap in knowledge about the role of CBD on cognition (Bossong, 2013). About 1 in 10…
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What’s the link between cannabis use, depression, and bipolar disorder?
Rationale: Cannabis use is rapidly increasing, while research on its mental health outcomes as they relate to psychosis, depression, and bipolar disorder is lacking. Method: Roughly 6.7 million participants aged…
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How does cannabis use impact social relationships?
Rationale: Previous studies have shown that cannabis use reduces brain activity related to memory, executive function, emotion, reward processing, and social processing. In this study, researchers sought to understand how…
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What happens when you turn to cannabis for relief?
Rationale: Cannabis contains hundreds of chemicals, including delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), which are hypothesized to reduce compulsive and obsessive behaviors (cite). OCD is an anxiety disorder that combines…
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What does science say about smoking weed and academic performance?
Rationale: Cannabis use during adolescence and cannabis potency have increased over time. More studies are assessing the negative effects of cannabis use during periods of brain development, which can impact…
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Does using cannabis have a permanent impact on developing brains?
Rationale: Cannabis is the most frequently used psychoactive drug during adolescence and adulthood (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, 2018). Most states that have legalized cannabis have set the…